2006 Winter Olympics highlights
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/* Opening Ceremony - February 10 */
This page contains notable highlights from the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]], [[Italy]].
==Highlights==
===Opening Ceremony - February 10===
; [[2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony|Opening Ceremony]]: [[Stefania Belmondo]] lit the [[Olympic flame]]. Actresses [[Susan Sarandon]] and [[Sophia Loren]] (along with some other famous women) carried a flag into the stadium while [[Laura Bush]] and [[Cherie Blair]] watched from special seats in the audience.
===Day 1 - February 11===
; [[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]]: [[Michael Greis]] of [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany]] wins the [[2006 Winter Olympics medal count|first gold medal]] of the 2006 Winter Olympics, with a victory in the individual 20 km race.
; [[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Figure Skating]]: Russian pair [[Tatiana Totmianina]] and [[Maxim Marinin]] lead after the short program.
; [[Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]]: [[Jennifer Heil]] becomes the first [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canadian]] woman to win a medal in moguls. [[Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Norwegian]] [[Kari Traa]] wins the silver and [[Sandra Laoura]] of [[France at the 2006 Winter Olympics|France]] wins the bronze.
; [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]: The [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canadian]] [[Canadian national women's hockey team|national women's hockey team]] sets an Olympic record for the most lopsided win, beating their [[Italian national women's ice hockey team|Italian]] hosts 16-0.
; [[Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Nordic combined]]: [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|German]] [[Georg Hettich]] picks up the gold medal in Nordic combined.
; [[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]: [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|American]] [[Chad Hedrick]] wins the 5000 m long-track event.
===Day 2 - February 12===
; [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Alpine Skiing]]: [[Antoine Dénériaz]] of [[France at the 2006 Winter Olympics|France]] wins gold in the men's downhill event.
; [[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross country]]: [[Estonia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Estonian]] [[Kristina Šmigun]] wins the women's 7.5 + 7.5 km double pursuit event; a few hours later, [[Yevgeniy Dementiev]] secures gold for [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]] on the men's 15 km + 15 km distance.
; [[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]]: [[Michelle Kwan]] of the [[United States]] withdraws from the Olympics following a groin injury in practice. [[Emily Hughes]] is named her replacement.
; [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]: [[Canadian national women's hockey team|Canada]] defeats [[Russian national women's ice hockey team|Russia]] 12-0 in the women's competition. The [[American national women's hockey team|United States]] defeats [[German national women's ice hockey team|Germany]] 5-0, keeping the predicted collision course between the two North American powers intact.
; [[Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Luge]]: [[Armin Zöggeler]] of [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Italy]] wins the gold in men's singles. [[Mārtiņš Rubenis]] of [[Latvia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Latvia]] won his country's first ever Winter Olympic medal, a bronze.
; [[Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]]''': [[Ahn Hyun Soo]] of [[South Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics|South Korea]] wins gold in the men's 1500 m. His compatriot, [[Lee Ho-Suk]] wins silver and Chinese veteran [[Li Jiajun]] earns bronze.
; [[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Snowboarding]]: [[Shaun White]] of the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|U.S.]] team takes the gold medal at the men's snowboarding halfpipe event.
; [[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]: 19-year old [[Ireen Wüst]] of [[Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics|The Netherlands]] wins gold at the women's 3000 m long-track event.
; [[Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ski jumping]]: [[Lars Bystøl]] from [[Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Norway]] wins the gold medal at the men's normal hill K95 [[Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics|ski jumping]] event.
===Day 3 - February 13===
; [[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]]: [[Russian Federation at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russian]] [[Svetlana Ishmuratova]] wins the women's 15 km biathlon.
; [[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]]: [[Russian Federation at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russian]] pair [[Tatiana Totmianina]] and [[Maxim Marinin]] beat two Chinese pairs to take home the gold, posting the only composite score over 200. Chinese pair [[Zhang Dan]] and [[Zhang Hao]] finish their free skate and win the silver medal, despite a fall and injury to Zhang Dan after their attempt at a quadruple throw.
; [[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Snowboarding]]: [[Hannah Teter]] of the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|U.S.]] team takes the gold medal at the women's snowboarding halfpipe event. American teammate [[Gretchen Bleiler]] wins the silver, with [[Kjersti Buaas]] of [[Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Norway]] taking the bronze.
; [[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]: [[Joey Cheek]] of the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] wins the gold medal at the 500 m long track event, skating both runs in less than 35 seconds; the fastest time of any other competitor was that of silver medalist [[Dmitry Dorofeyev]], with a 35.17. [[Lee Kang-Seok]] of Korea wins a bronze medal, the first Korean medal in (long track) speed skating in 14 years.
===Day 4 - February 14===
; [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]]: [[Ted Ligety]] wins gold for the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] in the men's Combined. Then-leader [[Bode Miller]] was disqualified for straddling a gate in the first slalom section; in addition, the leader after the first slalom section, [[Benjamin Raich]], skied off-course in the second section and was also disqualified. [[Ivica Kostelić]] of [[Croatia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Croatia]] was second and [[Rainer Schönfelder]] of [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austria]] took the bronze.
; [[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]]: [[Sven Fischer]] of [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany]] wins the 10 km sprint race.
; [[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross country]]: [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden's]] first medal in the 2006 Winter Olympics was brought home by [[Lina Andersson]] and [[Anna Dahlberg]], who won the gold medal in women's team sprint, classical style. Minutes later [[Thobias Fredriksson]] and [[Björn Lind]] did the same in men's team sprint, giving the Swedes a sweep of the event.
; [[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]]''': [[Russian Federation at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russian]] [[Evgeni Plushenko]] leads after the men's short program. Plushenko's score of 90.66 was the highest for any short program since the current scoring system was adopted in 2003.
; [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]: In the women's competition, [[Canadian national women's hockey team|Canada]] defeats [[Swedish national women's ice hockey team|Sweden]] 8-1 and will face [[Finnish national women's ice hockey team|Finland]] in the semi-final. The [[American national women's hockey team|United States]] defeats Finland 7-3 and will face Sweden in the other semi-final match.
; [[Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Luge]]: [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany]]'s [[Sylke Otto]] wins gold in the injury-plagued women's luge event while countrywomen [[Silke Kraushaar]] and [[Tatjana Huefner]] complete the podium.
; [[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]: [[Svetlana Zhurova]] of [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]] takes gold in the women's 500 m event. [[Wang Manli]] and [[Ren Hui]] of [[China at the 2006 Winter Olympics|China]] win the other two (2) medals.
===Day 5 - February 15===
; [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]]: [[Michaela Dorfmeister]] of [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austria]] won the women's downhill. [[Martina Schild]] of [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]] and [[Anja Pärson]] of [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]] completed the podium.
; [[Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]]: [[Dale Begg-Smith]] of [[Australia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Australia]] won the men's moguls. [[Mikko Ronkainen]] of [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Finland]] and [[Toby Dawson]] of the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] won silver and bronze, respectively.
; [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]: On the first day of men's competition, [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] defeated host [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Italy]] 7-2. In upsets, [[Latvia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Latvia]] tied with the USA 3-3 and [[Slovakia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Slovakia]] defeated [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]] 5-3.
; [[Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Luge]]: [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austrian]] brothers [[Andreas Linger|Andreas]] and [[Wolfgang Linger]] won the doubles competition. Teams from [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany]] and [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Italy]] took the silver and bronze.
; [[Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Nordic combined]]: High winds in the ski jumping hill forced the jury to abandon the team competition midway through the second round. The teams resumed the next day. The [[Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Norwegians]] withdrew due of illness.
; [[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]: Both [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canadian]] men's and ladies' team pursuit teams set new Olympic records, the first of the 2006 Olympic Games. In the men's competition the record was subsequently broken by [[Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics|The Netherlands]], and then by [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Italy]].
; [[Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Short track]]: [[China at the 2006 Winter Olympics|China]]'s [[Wang Meng (athlete)|Wang Meng]] won her country's first gold at Turin in the women's individual 500 m. [[Bulgaria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Bulgaria]]'s [[Evgenia Radanova]] took the silver, while [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]]'s [[Anouk Leblanc-Boucher]] claimed the bronze.
===Day 6 - February 16===
; [[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]]: [[Florence Baverel-Robert]] of [[France at the 2006 Winter Olympics|France]] wins the women's biathlon 7.5 km sprint. [[Anna Carin Olofsson]] of [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]] and [[Lilia Efremova]] of [[Ukraine at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ukraine]] complete the podium. Also, [[Olga Pyleva]] of [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]], who placed second at the 15 km on day 3, has been disqualified from the Games following a positive test for [[carphedon]]. She has been stripped of her medal.
; [[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross country skiing]]: [[Kristina Šmigun]] wins her second gold medal of the Games with a victory in the women's 10 km classical and remains the only [[Estonia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Estonian]] to medal.
; [[Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Curling]] : In men's action, [[Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Great Britain]] edges [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany]] 7-6, [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]] keeps [[New Zealand at the 2006 Winter Olympics|New Zealand]] winless by winning 9-7, [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] edges [[Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Norway]] 7-6, and the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] defeats [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]], 10-6.
; [[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]]: [[Evgeni Plushenko]] of [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]] dominates the competition and takes gold in the men's competition ahead of [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]]'s [[Stéphane Lambiel]] and [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]]'s [[Jeffrey Buttle]]. Plushenko sets a world record for the highest score in the free skate since the new scoring system was adopted in 2003.
; [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]: The upsets in the men's tournament continue as [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]] defeats the [[Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Czech Republic]] 3-2.
; [[Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Nordic combined]]: [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austria]] wins the men's team competition after [[Mario Stecher]] catches up with [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany's]] [[Jens Gaiser]] on the final 5 km leg. [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Finland]] wins bronze, finishing nearly a minute ahead of the rest of the field.
; [[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Snowboarding]]: [[Seth Wescott]] of the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] wins the inaugural men's snowboard cross competition. [[Radoslav Židek]] of [[Slovakia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Slovakia]] is second and [[Paul-Henri de Le Rue]] of [[France at the 2006 Winter Olympics|France]] is third.
; [[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]: The [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|German]] team of [[Daniela Anschütz-Thoms]], [[Anni Friesinger]], and [[Claudia Pechstein]] defeats the [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canadian]] team to win gold in the final of the women's team pursuit. [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Italy]] wins its first ever Olympic speed skating gold in the men's team pursuit event. The Italians beat the favored [[Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Dutch]] team in the semifinals after [[Sven Kramer]] suffers a costly fall. In the final, Italy defeats [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]], which took its second silver in the Oval Lingotto.
; [[Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Skeleton]]: [[Maya Pedersen-Bieri]] of [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]] wins gold in the women's final. [[Shelley Rudman]] of [[Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Great Britain]] earns silver, the only medal of the games for Great Britain. [[Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards]] of [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] claims bronze.
===Day 7 - February 17===
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; [[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross country skiing]]: [[Estonia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Estonia]] gains another gold as [[Andrus Veerpalu]] wins the 15 km classical cross-country race ahead of [[Lukáš Bauer]] and [[Tobias Angerer]].
; [[Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Curling]]: In the men's competition, [[Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Great Britain]] makes short work of [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]] 8-2, while the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] defeats [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]] 7-4. [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Finland]] edges [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]], 6-5.
; [[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]]: In the ice dancing competition, the [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Italian]] team of [[Barbara Fusar-Poli]] and [[Maurizio Margaglio]] lead after the compulsory dance, with [[Russian Federation at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russians]] [[Tatiana Navka]] and [[Roman Kostomarov]] in second place.
; [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]: [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]] scores an upset victory against the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] in the women's hockey semi-finals after a 3-2 [[shoot out]] win to advance to the gold medal game. There, they will face [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]], who shut out [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Finland]] in the other semi-final. This marks the first time that either the United States or Canada has lost to a third country in an international women's hockey competition.
; [[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Snowboarding]]: [[Tanja Frieden]] of [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]] takes the gold in women's snowboarding cross after [[Lindsey Jacobellis]] of the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] falls on the second-to-last jump while performing an unnecessary method grab to give up the largest lead of the entire tournament. Jacobellis settles for silver, while [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]]'s [[Dominique Maltais]] takes bronze after recovering from a crash.
; [[Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Skeleton]]: [[Duff Gibson]] of [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] takes gold, just ahead of fellow Canadian [[Jeff Pain]]. [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Swiss]] slider [[Gregor Stähli]] wins the bronze. The 39-year-old Gibson becomes the oldest individual gold medalist in Winter Olympics history.
===Day 8 - February 18===
; [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]]: [[Croatia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Croatian]] [[Janica Kostelić]] takes gold in the women's combined. [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austria]]'s [[Marlies Schild]] wins the silver and [[Anja Pärson]] of [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]] finishes third.
: [[Kjetil André Aamodt]] wins gold for [[Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Norway]] in the men's Super G, beating [[Hermann Maier]] of [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austria]]. [[Ambrosi Hoffmann]] takes bronze for the [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Swiss]].
; [[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]]: [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germans]] [[Kati Wilhelm]] and [[Martina Glagow]] finish first and second in the 10 km pursuit; [[Albina Akhatova]] of [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]] takes bronze.
: [[Vincent Defrasne]] wins gold for [[France at the 2006 Winter Olympics|France]] in the 12.5 km pursuit event, followed closely by [[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]] of [[Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Norway]]. [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany]]'s [[Sven Fischer]] takes bronze.
; [[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross country skiing]]: [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]] wins the 20 km women's relay handily, finishing 10 seconds ahead of silver medalists [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany]] and 11 seconds ahead of bronze winners [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Italy]].
; [[Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Curling]]: In the men's competition, [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Italy]] shocks [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] 6-5, while the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] beats [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany]] 8-5. [[Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Great Britain]] edges [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]], 6-5, and [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Finland]] takes out [[Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Norway]] 7-3.
; [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]: [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]] stuns [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] 2-0 in the men's competition. Swiss goaltender [[Martin Gerber]] has 49 saves in the win. [[Slovakia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Slovakia]] defeats the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] 2-1.
; [[Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]]: [[Jin Sun-Yu]] and [[Choi Eun-Kyung]] of [[South Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics|South Korea]] take gold and silver in the women's 1500 m. China's [[Wang Meng (athlete)|Wang Meng]] takes bronze, after the disqualification of third-finished [[Byun Chun-Sa]] of Korea.
:In the men's 1000 m, [[Ahn Hyun-Soo]] and [[Lee Ho-Suk]] of South Korea take gold and silver with the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]]' [[Apolo Anton Ohno]] taking the bronze.
; [[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]: The [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] takes gold and silver in the men's 1000 m with [[Shani Davis]] outskating [[Joey Cheek]] for first. [[Erben Wennemars]] of [[Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics|the Netherlands]] receives bronze. Davis' victory makes him the first black person to win an individual gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympics.
; [[Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ski jumping]]: After a disappointing performance on the K90 hill, [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austrian]] ski jumpers [[Thomas Morgenstern]] and [[Andreas Kofler]] take gold and silver on the large hill, with the smallest possible margin of 0.1 points between them. [[Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Norwegian]] [[Lars Bystøl]], winner of gold on the normal hill, places third, rather far behind the Austrians.
===Day 9 - February 19===
; [[Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Bobsleigh]]: The [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|German]] bob driven by [[Andre Lange]] wins gold in the men's 2-man event 0.21 seconds ahead of the [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canadian]] bob of [[Pierre Lueders]] and [[Lascelles Brown]] and 0.35 seconds ahead of [[Martin Annen]]'s [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Swiss]] sled. Brown becomes the first [[Jamaica]]n-born competitor to win a Winter Olympic medal.
; [[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross country skiing]]: [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Italy]] takes the gold in the men's 4x10 km relay, with Italian anchor [[Cristian Zorzi]] crossing the finish line 15 seconds ahead of the [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|German]] team. [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]] takes the bronze.
; [[Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Curling]]: In the men's competition, the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] surprises [[Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Great Britain]], 9-8.
; [[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]]: In an evening of ice dancing marred by mistakes and falls by other pairs, [[Russian Federation at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russians]] [[Tatiana Navka]] and [[Roman Kostomarov]] move into first place during the ice dancing original dance phase. [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Americans]] [[Tanith Belbin]] and [[Benjamin Agosto]] are in second and [[Ukraine at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ukrainians]] [[Elena Grushina]] and [[Ruslan Goncharov]] are in third.
; [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]: [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Finland]] defeats [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] 2-0 in the men's competition. [[Slovakia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Slovakia]] defeats [[Kazakhstan at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Kazakhstan]] 2-1, securing the top spot in Group B.
; [[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]: [[Marianne Timmer]] of the [[Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Netherlands]] wins the women's 1000 m in 1.16.05, 8 years after winning in [[1998 Winter Olympics|Nagano]]. [[Cindy Klassen]] of [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] comes in second and favorite [[Anni Friesinger]] of [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany]] wins the bronze, 0.06 seconds behind Timmer.
===Day 10 - February 20===
; [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]]: [[Benjamin Raich]] of [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austria]] comes from fifth place in the first run to win the [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics#Giant slalom|men's giant slalom]] event after two runs. [[Joël Chenal]] of [[France at the 2006 Winter Olympics|France]] takes silver, and [[Hermann Maier]] of [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austria]] gets another medal with his bronze.<br />Two hours later, [[Michaela Dorfmeister]] wins the [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics#Super-G 2|women's super-g]] event and grabs her second gold medal of the Games and giving the Austrians their second gold of the day. Austria also gets its second bronze of the day, as [[Alexandra Meissnitzer]] comes in third, behind [[Croatia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Croatian]] powerhouse [[Janica Kostelić]].
; [[Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Curling]]: After downing [[Denmark at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Denmark]] 8–1, [[Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Norway]] becomes the third team to qualify for the semi-finals in the women's competition, joining [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]] and [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]]. [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] beats [[Denmark at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Denmark]] 9-8, occupying the fourth playoff spot.<br />In the men's competition, [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] defeats the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] 6-3 to qualify for the semi-finals, and will play the USA again in the first game of the medal round.
; [[Figure Skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Figure Skating]]: [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]] continues to dominate on the ice as [[Tatiana Navka]] and [[Roman Kostomarov]] win the gold in the Ice Dancing competition. Americans [[Tanith Belbin]] and [[Benjamin Agosto]] win the first [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|U.S.]] medals in this event since [[1976 Winter Olympics|1976]], taking home the silver. [[Elena Grushina]] and [[Ruslan Goncharov]] of [[Ukraine at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ukraine]] earn bronze.
; [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]: [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] wins the gold in the women's tournament, defeating [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]] 4-1. The [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] shuts out [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Finland]] 4-0 in the bronze medal game.
; [[Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ski jumping]]: [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austria]] wins the team event for the first time. [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Finland]] takes the silver, while [[Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Norway]] takes the bronze.
===Day 11 - February 21===
; [[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]]: The [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|German]] team takes gold in the men's 4 x 7.5 km relay while teams from [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]] and [[France at the 2006 Winter Olympics|France]] take silver and bronze, respectively.
; [[Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Bobsleigh]]: The [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|German]] team of [[Sandra Kiriasis]] and [[Anja Schneiderheinze]] win gold in the women's event ahead of teams from the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] ([[Shauna Rohbock]] and [[Valerie Fleming]]) and [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Italy]] ([[Gerda Weissensteiner]] and [[Jennifer Isacco]]).
; [[Figure Skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Figure Skating]]: [[Sasha Cohen]] of the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] leads after the women's short program, with [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russian]] [[Irina Slutskaya]] three-hundredths of a point behind. [[Shizuka Arakawa]] of [[Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Japan]] is third.
; [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]: [[Slovakia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Slovakia]] defeats [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]] 3-0, winning every match in Group B and moving on to the quarterfinals, along with [[Russian Federation at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]], [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]] and the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]]. In Group A, [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Finland]], [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]], [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]], and the [[Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Czech Republic]] all move on to the quarterfinals.
; [[Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Nordic combined]]: [[Felix Gottwald]] of [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austria]] wins gold in the LH Sprint competition while [[Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Norway]]'s [[Magnus Moan]] and [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany]]'s [[Georg Hettich]] finish in the silver and bronze positions.
; [[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]: [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Italian]] [[Enrico Fabris]] wins gold in the men's 1500 m ahead of feuding [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|American]] teammates [[Shani Davis]] and [[Chad Hedrick]], who take silver and bronze.
===Day 12 - February 22===
; [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]]: [[Anja Pärson]] of [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]] wins her first Olympic gold medal in the women's [[Slalom skiing|slalom]]; her fifth career medal. [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austrians]] [[Nicole Hosp]] and [[Marlies Schild]] take silver and bronze.
; [[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross-country skiing]]: [[Chandra Crawford]] of [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] wins a gold medal in her Olympic debut in the women's 1.1 km sprint. [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany's]] [[Claudia Künzel]] edges out [[Russian Federation at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia's]] [[Alena Sidko]] to earn the silver.
:[[Björn Lind]] of [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]] claims the gold medal in the men's sprint in a rout. [[France at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Frenchman]] [[Roddy Darragon]] edges out [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Swede]] [[Thobias Fredriksson]] to earn the silver.
; [[Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Curling]]: In the men's semifinals, [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] earns 5 points against the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] team in the 9th end, securing it a place in the final against [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Finland]], who beat [[Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Great Britain]] 4-3. In the women's semi-finals. [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]] edges out [[Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Norway]] 5-4, while [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]] beats [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] 7-5.
; [[Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]]: In the women's aerials [[Evelyne Leu]] of [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]] wins the gold medal, ahead of [[Li Nina]] of [[China at the 2006 Winter Olympics|China]] and [[Australia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Australian]] [[Alisa Camplin]].
; [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]: [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]] defeats [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] 2-0, moving on to the semi-finals to play [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Fins]], who beat the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] 4-3. The [[Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Czech Republic]] defeats [[Slovakia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Slovakia]] 3-1 and will play [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]], who beat [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]] 6-2, in the quarter-finals.
; [[Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]]: [[South Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics|South Korea]] wins the gold medal in the women's 3,000 m relay, while [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] takes silver, and [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Italy]] bronze.
;[[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Snowboarding]]: [[Philipp Schoch]] of [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]] bests his older brother [[Simon Schoch]] in the final of the men's parallel giant slalom to successfully defend his Olympic gold medal. [[Siegfried Grabner]] of [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austria]] takes bronze.
; [[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]: [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canadians]] [[Cindy Klassen]] and [[Kristina Groves]] finish one-two in the women's 1,500 m competition, with Klassen winning by 1.47 seconds. [[Ireen Wust]] of [[Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics|the Netherlands]] takes bronze.
===Day 13 - February 23===
;[[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]]: Despite missing veteran [[Olga Pyleva]], who failed an anti-[[Doping (sport)|doping]] test earlier in these Games, the [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russian]] team of [[Albina Akhatova]], [[Anna Bogaliy]], [[Svetlana Ishmuratova]] and [[Olga Zaitseva]] leads from start to finish in the 4x6 km relay, posting a gold medal-winning time of 1:16:12.5. Two-time defending gold medalists from Germany finish 50.7 seconds behind for the silver. The French team take the bronze, more than two minutes back.
;[[Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Curling]]: The [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Swedish]] women's team skipped by [[Anette Norberg]] win the gold medal match against [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]] with a 7-6 double take out on the hammer of the 11th end. [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] defeats [[Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Norway]] in the bronze medal match 11-5.
; [[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Figure Skating]]: [[Shizuka Arakawa]] of [[Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Japan]] performs a conservative but clean free skate to defeat [[Sasha Cohen]] of the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] and [[Irina Slutskaya]] of [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]], who both suffer falls and take silver and bronze, respectively. Arakawa's win gives Japan their first medal in Turin, as well as Japan's first figure skating gold.
;[[Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]]: [[China at the 2006 Winter Olympics|China]]'s [[Han Xiaopeng]] wins gold in men's aerials by a little more than two points over [[Dmitri Dashinski]] of [[Belarus at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Belarus]]. [[Vladimir Lebedev]] of [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]] wins bronze.
;[[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Snowboarding]]: Defending World Cup champion [[Daniela Meuli]] of [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]] wins gold in the women's parallel giant slalom, with [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Germany's]] [[Amelie Kober]] taking the silver and [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|American]] [[Rosey Fletcher]] the bronze.
===Day 14 - February 24===
; [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]]: [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|American]] [[Julia Mancuso]] captures gold in the women's [[giant slalom]]. [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Finland's]] [[Tanja Poutiainen]] wins the silver and [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Swede]] [[Anna Ottosson]] the bronze.
; [[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Cross country]]: [[Kateřina Neumannová]] of [[Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Olympics|the Czech Republic]] wins the 30 km freestyle event. [[Russian Federation at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russian]] [[Julija Tchepalova]] claims the silver and [[Poland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Pole]] [[Justyna Kowalczyk]] gets the bronze.
; [[Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Curling]]: [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] defeats [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Finland]] 10-4 in the gold medal match to win the nation's first gold medal in men's curling after winning silver in [[1998 Winter Olympics|Nagano]] and [[2002 Winter Olympics|Salt Lake City]]. The [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] men's team defeats [[Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Great Britain]] by a score of 8-6 to take the bronze medal, America's first medal in curling.
; [[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Figure Skating]]: Traditional gala evening at [[Torino Palavela|Palavela]] to conclude the figure skating events. [[Russian Federation at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russian]] pair [[Tatiana Totmianina]] and [[Maxim Marinin]] and [[Evgeni Plushenko]] skate accompanied by [[Edwin Marton]] at the violin, playing from the ice.
; [[Ice Hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice Hockey]]: In the men's competition, [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]] defeats the [[Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Czech Republic]] 7-3 in to advance to the gold medal game. In the other semifinal, [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Finland]] beats [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]] 4-0. Sweden and Finland will face off in the gold medal game, while the Czech Republic will face Russia in the bronze medal game.
; [[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]: [[Bob de Jong]] of [[Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics|the Netherlands]], the reigning world champion, sets the winning time at 13:01.57 for the gold medal in the 10000 m event. [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|American]] [[Chad Hedrick]] skates to a silver medal, and the bronze goes to [[Carl Verheijen]], also of the Netherlands.
===Day 15 - February 25===
;[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Alpine Skiing]]: An [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austrian team]] sweep in the men's slalom with gold for [[Benjamin Raich]], silver for [[Reinfried Herbst]], bronze for [[Rainer Schönfelder]].
;[[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]]: [[Michael Greis]] of Germany wins the men's 15 km free gold medal. [[Tomasz Sikora]] of Poland wins the silver and [[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]] the bronze.
:[[Anna Carin Olofsson]] of Sweden wins the women's 12.5 km free gold with [[Kati Wilhelm]] of Germany taking the silver and her compatriot [[Uschi Disl]] capturing the bronze.
; [[Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Bobsleigh]]: The [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|German]] bob driven by [[Andre Lange]] wins gold in the 4-man event 0.13 seconds ahead of the [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russian]] bob driven by [[Alexandre Zoubkov]] and 0.41 seconds ahead of [[Martin Annen]]'s [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Swiss]] sled.
; [[Ice Hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice Hockey]]: In the men's competition, the [[Czech Republic]] defeats [[Russia]] 3-0 to win the bronze medal game.
;[[Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]]
:American [[Apolo Anton Ohno]] wins the men's 500 m, earning his second career gold medal. Canada's [[François-Louis Tremblay]] wins the silver, while [[Ahn Hyun-Soo]] of South Korea wins bronze, earning his third individual medal of the Olympics.
:South Korea's [[Jin Sun-Yu]] wins her third gold of the Games in the women's 1000 m. Chinese women [[Wang Meng (athlete)|Wang Meng]] and [[Yang Yang (A)]] take the silver and bronze respectively after 1500 m silver medalist [[Choi Eun-Kyung]], who originally finished third, is disqualified.
:[[South Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics|South Korea]] wins the gold medal in the men's 5000 m relay, [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] takes the silver, while the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|United States]] gets bronze. [[Ahn Hyun-Soo]] wins his third gold medal of the Games, medaling in every men's short track event and bringing his total number of medals in Torino to four. Ahn and Jin become the first Korean athletes to win three gold medals in a single Olympics.
; [[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]: [[Clara Hughes]] of [[Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Canada]] sets the winning time at 6:59.07 for the gold medal in the 5000 m event. [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics|German]] [[Claudia Pechstein]] skates to a silver medal, and the bronze goes to another Canadian, [[Cindy Klassen]], who wins her fifth medal of these Games.
===Day 16 - Closing Ceremony - February 26===
; [[Cross country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics#50 km Freestyle mass start|Cross country]]:[[Giorgio Di Centa]] of [[Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Italy]] wins the 50 km freestyle event. [[Russian Federation at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russian]] [[Evgenji Dementiev]] claims the silver and [[Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Austrian]] [[Mikhail Botvinov]] gets the bronze. The medals are presented during the closing ceremony.
; [[Ice Hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics#Gold medal game|Ice Hockey]]: [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Sweden]] defeats [[Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Finland]] 3-2 to take the men's [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|ice hockey]] gold medal, with [[Nicklas Lidström]] scoring the deciding goal in the final. [[Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Olympics|The Czech Republic]] takes the bronze after beating [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]].
; [[2006 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony|Closing Ceremony]]: [[Manuela Di Centa]] gives the gold medal to her brother Giorgio.
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